UC Davis MBA Program Receives Its Highest National Ranking from U.S.
News & World Report

Graduate School of Management among Top 6% of U.S. Business Schools

March 15, 2011 12:52 PM Eastern Daylight Time

DAVIS, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The UC Davis Graduate School of Management’s full-time MBA program has
been ranked among the top six percent of AACSB International-accredited
programs nationwide, according to U.S. News & World Report’s
latest graduate business school rankings released today.

The Graduate School of Management placed 28th among U.S. business
schools, up 14 positions from 42nd last year—the largest jump
up among the schools ranked this year. The national recognition
represents an all-time high for the UC Davis full-time MBA program,
which has been ranked among the top 10% for 16 consecutive years.

“We are thrilled with our performance in the U.S. News & World
Report’s annual ranking of business schools,” said Steven C.
Currall, dean of the management school. “This recognition is a testament
to the tireless teamwork of our faculty and staff. Our commitment to
excellence drives our dual mission of pursuing cutting-edge scholarly
research that advances global business and providing a close-knit and
collaborative educational experience for our students. The result is
innovative UC Davis MBA graduates who have outstanding analytical and
principled leadership skills.”

The full-time MBA ranking is based on several key metrics: student
selectivity (grade point average, GMAT score and proportion of
applicants accepted by the school), reputation polls of recruiters and
peers (business school deans and full-time MBA directors), job placement
success for graduates and average starting salary.

U.S. News’ ranking places the UC Davis full-time MBA program
among:

Top 6% of all 437 U.S. AACSB-accredited MBA programs surveyed

Top 4% of MBA programs at U.S. public universities.

Top 3% in student selectivity (applicant acceptance rate).

Top 4% in average Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT) score.

Top 1% (among the top six business schools) in job placement rate for
alumni 3-months after graduation.

U.S. News also ranked part-time MBA programs for the second year.
The UC Davis Working Professional MBA program—with campuses in
Sacramento and the San Francisco Bay Area—moved up to No. 32, from No.
35. That places UC Davis among the top 11% of the 295 AACSB-accredited
part-time MBA programs surveyed. The part-time MBA rankings are based
entirely on reputation polls of business school deans and MBA directors.

Other recent top accolades for the UC Davis Graduate School of
Management:

Top 30 business schools worldwide for integrating issues of social and
environmental stewardship into curricula and research: Beyond Grey
Pinstripes, Aspen Institute’s Center for Business Education, 2010.

The UC Davis Graduate School of Management is consistently ranked among
the premier business schools in the United States and internationally.
The school has nearly 600 MBA students enrolled in Daytime MBA and
Working Professional MBA programs on the UC Davis campus, in Sacramento
and in the San Francisco Bay Area. The School is home to the Center for
Investor Welfare and Corporate Responsibility and the internationally
visible Center for Entrepreneurship, which promotes innovation and
commercialization of new discoveries by UC Davis scientists, engineers
and medical researchers. More information at www.gsm.ucdavis.edu.